Good news in Nashville.
Overall crime is down. It is at the lowest level in 31 years. Crash data is positive as well:
• Traffic deaths in 2009 totaled 68, a 5.6 percent reduction from 2008. Victims in half of the fatal crashes in which seatbelts were available were not wearing them.
• Injury crashes dropped by 15.2 percent. Overall crashes, both property damage and injury, were down 12.2 percent.
Let's give some credit to the DDACTS program that identifies high crash and high crime areas and the police department for putting patrol cars in those areas.
Read the full article at:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100218/NEWS03/2180360/Nashville+s+crime+rate+drops+to+lowest+level+in+31+years
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